Crystal Maraj, M.S., reports on her experiment to understand scenario development tradeoffs between two commercial simulation software platforms. Typical scenario development focuses on the “end user” to assess platform capability and functionality. However, this research initiative focused on the scenario developer as the “user” to assess the usability of each platform and estimate quantitative Operation and Maintenance (O&M) cost savings. Flier at http://www.ist.ucf.edu/grad/events/maraj.pdf